diff --git a/include/components/config_parser.hpp b/include/components/config_parser.hpp
index 68f343a8..2fc38a19 100644
--- a/include/components/config_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/components/config_parser.hpp
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ struct line_t {
 class config_parser {
  public:
   config_parser(const logger& logger, string&& file, string&& bar);
+  /**
+   * This prevents passing a temporary logger to the constructor because that would be UB, as the temporary would be
+   * destroyed once the constructor returns.
+   */
+  config_parser(logger&& logger, string&& file, string&& bar) = delete;
 
   /**
    * \brief Performs the parsing of the main config file m_file
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/components/config_parser.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/components/config_parser.cpp
index 5aa7c43e..921815bb 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/components/config_parser.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/components/config_parser.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class TestableConfigParser : public config_parser {
  */
 class ConfigParser : public ::testing::Test {
  protected:
-  unique_ptr<TestableConfigParser> parser =
-      make_unique<TestableConfigParser>(logger(loglevel::NONE), "/dev/zero", "TEST");
+  const logger l = logger(loglevel::NONE);
+  unique_ptr<TestableConfigParser> parser = make_unique<TestableConfigParser>(l, "/dev/zero", "TEST");
 };
 
 // ParseLineTest {{{